The History of God Of War (FULL MOVIE)

[@616Entertainment]

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[@jaxxh6529]

part 3 was in dutch yes, the netherlands, dutch. god of war was and is great

[@ghw1985]

Man, I am working a 12 hour shift watching security cameras and a quick glance over plus hearing your voice, your telling of personal stories and the history of one of my favorite franchises and the same day as Ragnarök hit PC. thank you for it. RIP to your cool dad, patches, and Shad you sir are awesome thank you for all the work you do.

[@616Entertainment]

Thanks man, I really appreciate it. Hope the Friday The 13th stuff is keeping your company, too!

[@watchdev9446]

The history of MK is still such a gem.

[@ninjyminjy2095]

Yes

[@machaixp2190]

Forreal

[@TheRealMakotoYuki419]

Both of these are LEGENDARY GEMS FOREVER TO ME

[@MemerMaestro]

I came to this channel for the History of Mortal Kombat. I stayed for the History of God Of War, I'll continue to stay for the History of Resident Evil. The amount of amazing content on this channel is second to none, never mind the replay-ability of the videos

[@ElGaby323]

No disrespect to the newer GoW games, but man do i miss the classic series. I wish they'd make a game like that again. Those were the best games in the series imo.

[@Jnwboss]

When it came to God of War 3 and that final fight with Zeus I legit thought something was wrong with my game because I pressed that button over and over again for so long. When I realized that the beating only stopped when the player stops the beating made everything sink in and I was just jaw dropped at everything I witnessed with all three games. As I ordered the original trilogy at the same time since I didn’t get the chance when I was younger…such an incredible experience.

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

I love your ability to tell a story Ian. I know you didn't create the stories. It's how you tell stories that matters. You paint a vivid picture. I can feel your love and passion for the GOW franchise. The way you're talking about GOW makes me feel sorry I missed out.

[@alwaysxnever]

Agreed. His ability to craft and weave a narrative while also sharing his personal experience is just... So good.

[@busa7]

Awesome stuff as usual, some of the best series/retrospectives I've seen on KZbin ever. Keep up the excellent work.

[@joebulosan6856]

This is easily one of the best love letters to gaming ever. I appreciate your work and talent! This made me well up with tears as I relived all those moments again. I CANNOT wait to see your Ragnarok video!

[@616Entertainment]

Thank you, my dude. There is no Ragnarok video incoming, sorry. This was all a lead up to Ragnarok, and for whatever reason, this entire God Of War series totally bombed for me as far as views and performance goes. No idea why! But if you liked this, I think you'd love my History Ofs on Resident Evil, Halloween, a bunch of wrestling games, Mortal Kombat, etc. New retrospective dropping Child's Play tomorrow. Much to see. Thanks for being here!

[@BlackLabelMark]

I never played the original GoW games, so watching this before I played the soft reboot and Ragnarok was EXTREMELY helpful.

[@616Entertainment]

Dude hell yea, glad to hear it. Thanks for watching!

[@jackpayne6490]

Your videos are always amazing my friend .

[@alec2000]

This entire “History Of”, was EASILY one of your all time best projects, Ian. Everything I learned of this series and why it’s so special, was all because of your AWESOME stories, and I can’t thank you enough for it all, Ian. Although you say that it bombed, this will forever be a favorite of mine, and I mean it all the way. Thank you so much for this one, and I can’t wait for the next “History Of” next year. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Ian, and I’ll see you again soon.😊❤️

[@jonfehr3146]

Agreed

[@theantone7476]

Merry Christmas to you Ian and your family. Hope you guys have a good one and Merry Christmas, DanDans

[@kkaspars]

Perfect for listening while im on my way home for Christmas :)

[@domeaphobic4697]

I just realized that the grave diggers voice actor in the first god of war is the same voice actor as Colonel Campbell in Metal Gear Solid… Paul Eiding is so good at voice acting.

[@616Entertainment]

Excellent ear, I didn't know that!

[@CaptainMcKayRandom]

Just coming back to revisit the 2018 portion of this series now that I’ve played through the game. I had a blast, and I’m deciding now whether to keep going through the side quests or to dive right into Ragnarok. I think I’m due for a vacation in January and I’m excited to jump into the new one. Great series as I’ve said before. You kept me interested the whole time, and got me invested. Super hyped to play more.

[@CoffeePotGames]

Definitely finish up 2018. The side quests are actually canon and they reference them a lot in Ragnarok

[@jonathanmaag9669]

Ian, this is probably your best work. Ive been watching your content since History of WCW games, and MK, and i could not get enough of your content. Im the same age as you, so ive lived through all these games, and evem though some of them were stank ass, there's still some of the best games in our generation. God of War is, by far the best hack n slash game, of all time.

[@OverallThinkingMaybe]

the way he looks up when she says h pretending to b a father tho lol I felt that

[@LCyte88]

My one question is would you consider Kratos as the Superman of Gaming?

[@FrankBeingFrank]

Every history of project should have a million+ views … they are art, each one it’s own little verbal masterpiece that’ll run you through a gauntlet of emotions, you might laugh, cry, cheer, jeer, clap or sit silently in astonishment as Ian learns ya sumphin lol seriously you can learn alot. I not at all embarrassed to say they I was sobbing like a binkyless baby near the end of the Mortal Kombat series!!

[@martymcfly4654]

Nah but seriously to begin your game with the main character seemingly killing themselves takes some fucking balls

[@isaacconner8622]

This was awesome! Thanks so much for doing this. I loved god of war and this retrospective was incredible!

[@sleepdafiend3983]

Damn we need the final God of War video now

[@616Entertainment]

Part V was the final video, this was leading up to Ragnarok. Never intended to do a video on Ragnarok. Sorry!

[@sleepdafiend3983]

@@616Entertainment damn that sux love ur play by play

[@KingGamezz87]

I was waiting for this man! Once again you have made my work night brotha! #ThanksForWhatYouDo #WeAreTheDanDans #MuchLove #GodOfWarHistoryOf

[@XXXXX8]

Those are some lame hashtags. #swoup

[@davidadams6638]

This is amazing brother!! I love all of your “history of” videos and “triangle X squared O”, any plans to do anything on MGS?

[@SJxPVR]

Who needs titanic when 616 got a God of War movie that long! 🤣 love it!

[@GMMXX80]

A bit of trivia for you. Corey Barlog wanted to develop God of War 2 on the PlayStation 3. I believe he stated this when he did his God of War Game Directors Panel. Head of Worldwide Studios Shu Yoshida, whom he and Scott Rodhe seem to spend quite a bit of time at SMS, quickly spoke with Corey and told him he needed to develop God of War 2 for PS2 telling Barlog "trust me". I don't think Yoshida was giving Barlog a direct order, yet, but Barlog describes it as though Yoshida was giving him a choice but a strong recommendation to stay where he was at. Bear in mind, Yoshida isn't some zombie suit that works for PlayStation, unlike so many Xbox Execs that graduated college with the help of being part of a sorority or fraternity spending many a night getting drunk, got degrees in business and marketing, landed a job at Xbox because maybe nobody else would take them, and are now giving orders to game designers thatve been doing this for a long time. Don't believe me? What would you say is Xbox's biggest franchise? I'm gonna Xbox's GoW series whose creative director liked to mess with Sony and disrupt their big exclusives. He'd always plant something in the way of Killzones launches but then ended up starting Boss Key Studios with a creative director from Guerilla Games. Yeah, anyway, Gears of War Collectors Edition came with a BONUS DISC DVD with a video titled "The Road to E3" pointing out how Xbox Executives worked with devs. They wanted to be Disney, they wanted to do what Nintendo was doing to be Nintendo. They went in their trying to strip the lancer from the game because it was too violent and didn't want it shown at E3. Cliff Blezinski fought it, as did Rod Ferguson and someone the two seemed to fall in love with Microsoft. I'd be furious. Back to my point, sorry, Yoshida and Scott Rodhe are long time gamers. Rodhe came from SEGA of America where he was a game tester while going to school so he probably knew SCEAs first CEO Steve Race who was Tom Kalinskis left hand man so Scott Rodhe has been around the block many times and knows his stuff. Yoshida was a PRODUCER for The Legend of Dragoon, he knows his stuff and he likely grew up on Nintendo and Anime, no doubt, a complete and total nerd PlayStation fans can't help but love, even to this day. Anyway, Yoshida is a legend at SMS and David Jaffe will, to this day, speak very highly of Yoshida and he'll tell you Scott Rodhe is one of, if not, the smartest man he's ever met. Probably a better CEO candidate than Jim Ryan but, I'm guessing Sony approached Yoshida and Rodhe and they both turned it down, I bet, for more time with their family. So, Corey Barlog, who has the utmost respect for Yoshida and knows he knows what he's doing, obviously, develops God of War 2 for PS2 and it's a major hit and sells a ton of copies. Had be developed it for PS3, probably wouldn't have done nearly as well with such a small install base. It's not that Yoshida had little faith in the PS3, he just knew that such an established IP as God of War needed a bigger install base while devs were still growing on PS3 and Heavenly Sword was on the way. So, Barlog saw massive success and is considered the best God of War director. So, when Barlog returned for God of War reboot, he developed on the PS4. Released the game, it got perfect reviews and was that years Game of the Year up against Spider-man 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Celeste, Monster Hunter World, and one more I can't remember and it won! Xbox coverts God of War, they want it more than Uncharted or The Last of Us and they'll never have it, but they want it. Xbox has never had a Game of the Year win for any franchise that I can think of, not even Halo. So, what's interesting is God of War Ragnarok. God of War Ragnarok can be played on PS5, but it only has minor upgrades and Dualsense support, but the game was developed ENTIRELY with the base PS4 in mind, it was developed for PS4 while PS5 was still a new system. It wasn't even developed with PS4 Pro in mind, the team wanted the game to run flawlessly on the base PS4 and it does. Barlog duplicated the very same wisdom that was imparted to him when the PS3 was new, Barlog could've developed an amazing game on PS5 that could've maybe been passable on PS4, but nope, it was developed for PS4 with small updates to the PS4 Pro and PS5 versions that have slightly better lighting and shadows, that's it.

[@GMMXX80]

I remember as well, when God of War III was being revealed, fans and critics alike were knocking the visuals. David Jaffe interjected on a few occasions making clear that he had seen God of War III and it didn't look anything like the sub-par graphics shown in screens but it looked amazing, it looked like a painting. Jaffe got really lazy after God of War. Twisted Metal got done, but, with what effort versus others at Eat, Sleep, Play in Salt Lake City, Jaffe just wanted to go back to California, apparently. So, he did Drawn to Death and then went back to California where he's just lazy, sits in his apartment, has the cheapest production KZbin Channel I've ever seen, and now just drinks Diet Coke, eats Jolly Ranchers, and has smoked himself retarded, he smokes a lot of pot now, it's sad..... He just gave up on life. He's a dad, but, again just smokes pot all day long..... He used to be an advocate for games and would push for Games to be more innovative. But where Jaffe isn't working anymore and sits and home, his ass is broke so he's become a Game Pass fan because he's cheap, and he never starts and finishes a game. He supports Game Pass so he doesn't have to pay full price, where he should know better than any other how bad for devs Game Pass is, maybe he's just bitter he hasn't found success in the gaming industry so it's like: If I can't be happy, why should you be? So, yeah, Jaffes pathetic now. In his extras vids, Jaffe looks healthy, not now

[@manchildplays8295]

I actually like it when the character says things like “better head back to camp” etc.

[@seaniburg3778]

Another awesome video from one of my favorite KZbin personalities. Have you considered doing a Legacy of Kain retrospective?

[@brittenhurst2]

My earliest memories are of this franchise. I remember my dad and I completing the first game in 2006

[@nickmartin6116]

The fact that the number still works is insane

[@ZeroCashProductions]

I have never played a single game in this series, passing it over as just another action game. After watching this, I need to jump on this train as soon as possible.

[@brentheymans1362]

Loved this, thanks bro! Made it to the end!

[@tawaanbrown6122]

Loved this movie my brother. I would love to hear you talk through the final game someday. Thanks for all your work on these.

[@markjones5647]

Loved it so much the first time around so iam going to watch it again thanks Ian

[@ssaunders1122]

Once I finish watching your video on mk movies I'll move onto this. Your videos have helped waiting to get some teeth pulled bearable. So thankfully for people on KZbin that love that same shit I did growing up.

[@mikesemie5028]

Ian this is some of your best work to date. I know you weren’t happy with its performance but you have always made me fall in love with games I’ve NEVER played before simply through your work and all that goes into it, and this is no exception. I’m always going to hold onto hope that you’ll review Ragnarok to hear your thoughts. Thanks for everything you do, and btw Scream Sequence is KILLING IT THIS YEAR

[@616Entertainment]

Thanks dude. I'm super happy with how this full movie version has performed, but unfortunately KZbin doesn't allow me to make a single penny on it. Really, really crushing. But whatever. At least people finally saw it. Thanks for the kind words on Scream Sequence, I'm still not done with it. Two left on the docket.

[@Okla_Soft]

I found you from your History of Mortal Kombat megavideo, sorry it took me almost a year to watch this. I’ve never actually played GoW but I watched my family play it and it looked pretty awesome 🤩 After watching this I guess I’ll have to get into it myself. 🤘

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

Always here for this shit.

[@miguelsand0782]

Dude another awesome job. I love this vid. I had to dry some tears at the end. Like I said before you keep it up. I'll keep coming back. Now question. Are you doing Ragnarok too?

[@rashadnagi7531]

I love all of the history series. My viewing fluctuates, but as soon as i see the full collections? I am immediately in, no matter the time commitment.

[@dfxtiv_ent]

FINALLY!!! All in one! THANK YOU!!

[@RRNumber4]

Great Video I love god of war so much! 123 me everytime!! 1 for the story 2 for the combat and 3, for everything 🔥🔥 one of the greatest video game franchises of all time

[@Gravity999.]

So happy you made this. Thank you duder

[@b.saulius3916]

impressive, i know i tried gof back in ps2 times just like couple minutes and that was it i know people liked it on next gen consoles but i did not expected such a good gof story at the end of this video, thank you for good review, that last part really impressed me, wow, thx for letting me know

[@JoeKer1989]

This retrospective is fuckin amazing! It truly is breaks my heart to know that this whole thing bombed for you 616 I blame KZbin's broken algorithm. Thanks again for all you do!💜

[@NarcoticDimension]

Such an awesome video man, you really are one of the best youtubers!

[@clarkspacewayne2672]

Every time I hear “paint it black”… it takes me back to playing twisted metal: black in my old creepy unfinished basement as a kid

[@WestCoastMafia559]

Would I be able to skip the prequels and just play the first three?

[@616Entertainment]

Absolutely. The prequels were made after the original trilogy, so all of us who were on board form the start, that's how we played the series, too. Hahahaha

[@christianriedel8897]

Great Video. I love the music from Streets of Rage 2 and Alien 3. Greetings from Germany.

[@bryanlieberman3272]

Yo man love these videos on full story's will We get one for the new god of war

[@616Entertainment]

No, I won't be doing a full retrospective on Ragnarok. Maybe a review discussion with guests, but definitely not one of these. This series performed terribly for me, unfortunately. It'd be foolish to do more.

[@insanebowa4248]

Considering that the blades of chaos are still in the new god of war series i wouldnt say there gone but the video is very well made which im kinda glad they did that because i cant imagine a god of war game without them

[@simplytaedo4872]

You almost at 100k keep going man 🙏🏽

[@psychjerich0]

@616Entertainment Hey Ian you plan on doing a retrospective on Rangnarok?

[@James-rp4gq]

Even now as you draw your last breath you choose to defy me😂❤

[@SanJuanCreole]

Bro. You're one of the best video game documentarian's on KZbin. Thanks for this! The new God of War looks 🔥 awesome

[@616Entertainment]

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Much more to come!

[@acousticmeatus8141]

Gold quality Content

[@dnvnnsh]

Your narration is savage bro🔥

[@TotallyUselessPlaythroughz]

This is a great retrospective.

[@andysanchez1215]

Happy Holidays Ian! I can’t wait to binge watch this! You already know me! I love God of War!!

[@Aigiotis]

I loved this. Still don’t know what a DanDan is, but this was excellent.

[@darkman060]

Would actually love to see you do a History of Twisted Metal retrospective. One of my favorite series of all time

[@tba11]

Any chance you can cover Diablo anytime in the future?

[@retromusiclvr2012]

First time watching your content very impressed on MK1 theories and content, so I have subscribed and will go and like all of videos I view, but great work keep it coming 🔥🔥🔥✌👍

[@616Entertainment]

Thank you, there’s a ton of in depth stuff (like this) and let’s play style content. Enjoy it!

[@Lonelyboiii31]

Ian is a year older than me? Wow... I just turned 31 in November happy holidays and many blessings to you and yours man keep up with the great content 🔥

[@wesknipp]

I'm enjoying these history pieces. Great job

[@twonemakaveli]

36:17 yea, I just called the number and feel inspired to challenge Gods. 😂

[@rolandojordan6778]

And it is officially disconnected folks😔

[@rogdawg123]

awesome video 👍👍 you should do a history of dead space and bioshock

[@lowprecision9542]

Forever your "Dan Dan"💯💪🏾

[@TomPolymathPR]

Lovely work as ever, dude. Happy holidays!

[@CaitoJunior2025]

@616Entertainment Love your Fantastic videos, I always fall Asleep to all of your Amazing videos, God bless you and I'll always support this Channel on KZbin. #DanDan4LifeBrother 🙏🏾🏆🎁🎅🏻🎅🏾

[@tgreg9542]

Your an great content creator👍🏾💪🏾💯

[@kanhaibhatt913]

Thanks for this

[@mupo1811]

I will watch all of this, even if I get fired for it

[@cruziero15]

The village Kratos attacked in GoW 1 wasn't his own. His wife and daughter were taken to that village by Ares.

[@TheBeird]

Good series man. It makes me wanna check out the games.

[@hanssprungfeld8487]

Watching this series convinced me to buy god of war 2018 my first god of war experience I was so impressed I'm 100% going to buy Ragnorock

[@white9093]

Ragnarok

[@jonfehr3146]

My favorite of yours, smackdown a close second

[@RockstarMabma]

You should do some history of but a whole game studio like insomniac or rare or such but only for relevant years or studios that mean something to do you. Or a history of certain DC comic story lines

[@dionstewart7394]

I had that awesome red psp with Kratos on it. Sickest thing I've ever owned.

[@farzadadam]

Everytime a God of War Game starts, u have to expect a SUPER HUGE, GIGANTIC ENEMY. In all of them so I love to be surprised when I see for the first time that huge 1st ENEMY. 😮 😊😂😂

[@danielcook7975]

a little interesting piece of info comes from Athena's GOW3 Actress, she says that Athena might've had ulterior motives and might have not been so benevolent from the beginning indicating that everything that Kratos did was her manipulations and that once she was done using him she would toss him aside. in fact this is even more implied in GOW 2018 she mocks him and such and says he will always be a monster which Kratos responds with this." I know....but i am your monster no longer". hinting that Athena had been vying for the Throne of Olympus long before the Prequels and main games. it also hints that all gods are incredibly Selfish and Arrogant to the point that they would cause chaos just for entertainment, Thor: Love and Thunder even proves this, well all gods are not like Zeus and the ones Kratos kills same with God of War Norse Saga but most of them are that way

[@nguyenquanghonghoa1643]

I hope we get more History episode!

[@NonbasicYT]

I've been watching the last part over and over again to see any hints or flashs on the screen so I can guess what the next "History Of" series is.

[@scorpshade6123]

Lmao I also called it the guitar hero puzzle😂

[@339gabriel]

Microsoft owns Bethesda now ?!?!!? I love your channel

[@atodamadre3197]

Had to rewind it because I thought he said resident evil 6 was his favorite game of all time when he actually said resident evil from 1996

[@tobias6127]

Best stuff of all that shit, i love so much. ♥️ thanks for uploading.

[@seeonaga1524]

When are you planning on doing God of War ragnarok? Because that game is left out

[@616Entertainment]

I'm not doing it at all, this was all leading up to that.

[@jessecain4330]

Unfortunately, the phone number at 36 mins is disconnected..... Unless you were just messing with me. I wasn't good enough to beat the game on God mode twice.

[@616Entertainment]

Oh wow, news to me. It was still up just a few months ago. You had like 19 years to experience it. Bummer!

[@ericksheldon3870]

How the hell does this only have 53,000 views???

[@616Entertainment]

This is more watched than any of the individual parts, too. This series totally bombed for me. Thanks for watching.

[@ericksheldon3870]

@@616EntertainmentIan, this is amazing - I have no earthly fucking idea how this bombed. I literally knew nothing about this game, but watched because how much I enjoy your content. I’m now figuring out a way to see how I can play all of these, despite being an xbox owner. This is incredible stuff.

[@616Entertainment]

@@ericksheldon3870 Much appreciated, thank you. I'm really proud of the whole thing. I continue to make things outside of the wrestling/Mortal Kombat bubble and some of it is just completely rejected and never finds a wider audience. It is what it is. It's not going to stop me, hahaha. I like more than just wrestling and MK.

[@ericksheldon3870]

@@616Entertainment I’m really looking forward to the UFC series, Undisputed 3 and even EA’s UFC 2 are absolutely my favorites.

[@616Entertainment]

@@ericksheldon3870 Part I has been up for weeks! Check it out. Part II coming soon.

[@drryanmorris]

Great video

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

I beat God of war 2018 after it's release and i loved the story and everything even the controls were awesome and felt right

[@Fanatic_gamergod]

I don't remember the village being his.. his family was left in Sparta and that village was a front for Athena

[@Phil.Anthropy]

CRIMINALLY UNDER-LIKED VIDEO

[@616Entertainment]

This whole series really under-performed for me, it was kinda shocking how badly it performed. Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.

[@Phil.Anthropy]

@@616Entertainment I spent my entire morning watching your fight for new York vids, it really helps with work. You yourself as a whole, are underrated good sir. Be well

[@616Entertainment]

I appreciate the kind words. Much, much more on the way.

[@justin4426]

I'm pretty sure Kevin Sorbo did the voice of Hercules and I loved me some Hercules the legendary journeys

[@616Entertainment]

He did. I didn't mention him because he's a dirtbag. lol

[@nevermorapurge8371]

honestly because of mk and this i can hear how much his dad ment to him without him needing to say that he loved him

[@Tom-ed3fr]

Is anyone going to talk about how obvious the reveal of Zeus being kratos’ father was

[@xxGojira54]

36:15 I called the number. It was fuckin Awesome!!!

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

Can you do one on the house that Mario built